\Flum"mer*y\, n. [W. llumru, or llumruwd, a kind of
food made of oatmeal steeped in water until it has turned
sour, fr. llumrig harsh, raw, crude, fr. llum sharp, severe.]
1. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a
sort of pap.
Milk and flummery are very fit for children.
--Locke.
2. Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment;
trash; unsubstantial talk of writing.
The flummery of modern criticism. --J. Morley.